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News and latest photography from photojournalist Robert L. Jones. This blog is proudly a film photography blog

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Semi-Abandoned Bikes

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Bicycles. Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, April 2003 It is entirely possible that these bicycles are still chained to this signpost, more...
Friday, November 26, 2010

Garish: The Cutting Room Floor

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U.S. Route 87, Union County, New Mexico, February 2002 According to artist Deidre Adams, this place is still standing , at least as of earl...

Garish: The Cutting Room Floor

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Neon signs from Earl Abel's fabulous restaurant and coffee shop Broadway, San Antonio, Texas, October 2002 One of the many things for w...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Garish: The Cutting Room Floor

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Street signs, television aerials, telephone lines Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, c. 1999-2000 This one is too close to my heart and it h...
Friday, November 12, 2010

A Libertarian Artist's Credo

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Actor Robert Duvall is an outspoken conservative in  Hollywood,  whilst many  thumb-sucking conservatives  are  afraid to step out  of  the...
Thursday, November 4, 2010

Powerful Photographs

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Lorne Michaels at the funeral of Chris Farley Madison, Wisconsin, December 1997 Photograph Copyright © Associated Press, 1997 I am usually ...
Thursday, October 7, 2010

Camera Phone Heresies: Pampered in Luxury

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The photographer's feet and cankles taking a respite D o u b l e T r e e   H o t e l ,   M i n n e a p o l i s ,   O c t o b e r   2 0 1...
Friday, September 17, 2010

A.K.A. Pablo

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Actor and comedian Paul Rodriguez Latino Water Coalition, State Capitol Sacramento, California, October 2009 Paul Rodriguez is a stand-up g...
Monday, August 30, 2010

Semper Fidelis

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State Highway 80, Gonzales County, Texas, January 2005 As a proud wearer of the 56th Field Artillery patch and Pershing tab on my left shou...
Friday, August 27, 2010

Stairway to Heaven

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Roadside memorial, Highway 7, outside Sacaton, Arizona, January 2010 I often photograph these roadside memorials.  At these heretofore gory...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Food Fetish

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Cafeteria automat conveyor, Passau, Germany, July 2010 I'll admit it: I'm a culinary voyeur.   This photo is for Ana, whom I was a...

Luxury That Really Is Luxury

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View from hotel room, Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Hotel Phoenix, Arizona, January 2010 Being a photographer means dozens of rolls of photos fr...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Auteur

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Photo guru Klaus Ditt é, Passau, Germany, July 2010 If Akira Kurosawa were alive and not dead; were German and not Japanese; and were a ph...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

La Boqueria, Part IX

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Puppet. La Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010 At night, this seemingly benign creature awakes and prowls the floors of La Boqueria, mar...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

La Boqueria, Part VIII: Jamon Iberico

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Jamon Iberico. La Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010 I am not a fan of Tapas bars, with their minimalist portions.  The custom of grazin...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

La Boqueria, Part VII: Peppers

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Peppers. La Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010 Looks like a San Antonio doorway around Christmastime!

La Boqueria, Part VI: Smooth Up In Ya

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Fruit smoothies. La Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010 This lovely lady implores you, " Have a smoothie! " :)
Monday, August 9, 2010

Frutos del Mar: La Boqueria V

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Whitings at fish market. La Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010 Monkfish tails. La Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010 I have never b...
Sunday, August 8, 2010

La Boqueria, Part IV

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Watermelons, peppers. La Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010 It's hard to believe, but these ultra-fresh looking watermelons are now ...
Saturday, August 7, 2010

La Boqueria, Part III

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Egg vendor, La Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010 The series of photographs I took at La Boqueria were also very technically interestin...
Friday, August 6, 2010

Colorful Czech Republic

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Advertisement detail. Federal Highway 39,  Horní Planá , Czech Republic, July 2010 After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the formerly greywash...
Thursday, August 5, 2010

Mojo Jojo?

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Graffiti and ventilation grate, Salamanca, Spain, July 2010 I don't know if the vandal who aimed his can of Krylon on this public wall ...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The All-Seeing Eyes

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Optometrist's sign, Salamanca, Spain, July 2010 In my invisible dreams When no one is watching I'd make the whole world blind, And ...
Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Taking Credit For Other Photographers' Work

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Detail of advertising mural, Salamanca, Spain, July 2010 In the fine arts world, all an aspiring photographer need do is cleverly crop som...
Monday, August 2, 2010

On a Lighter Note...

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I "Mad Men'd" myself at American Movie Classics .  Not a very accurate likeness, but it captures the spirit of the thing.   M...
Sunday, August 1, 2010

Class Act in Salamanca

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Accordion player, Salamanca, Spain, July 2010 To get me to toss a 5 Euro note in your instrument case, all you have to do is play the love ...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Salamanca, Sunday Morning Coming Down

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Pedestrian and ashcans, Salamanca, Spain, July 2010 Salamanca is Spain's most beautiful city and one of its most historically significa...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

La Boqueria, Part II

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Bustle of the fruit market La Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010 I returned twice to La Boqueria, and exposed about five rolls of the hi...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Rubber Chicken Dinner

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Rubber Chickens Busker's Stall, Ramblas, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010 One of the biggest tourist draws on the Ramblas -- Barcelona's...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Los Colores de Coahuila - Desaturated

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Piedras Negras, Coahuila, March 2000 Another quiet exposure that looks better in black and white than color.
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Robert Jones
Robert Jones is a photographer and writer living in Southeast Minnesota. Originally from the East Coast of the U.S., he has worked for Time-Life publications in color correction, as an Army photojournalist, and as the entertainment editor for The New Individualist.
His work has appeared in Black & White, the Oxford University Press, and Lose Blätter.
He is currently working on his first book.
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